And a day that the United States hit 60,000 deaths from coronavirus. Dr. Anthony fauci putting his krelkts on the line to tout what he describes as significant news on a possible treatment for coronavirus. The data shows that remdesivir has a clearcut significant positive effect in diminishing the time to recover. This drug happens to be blocking an enzyme that the virus uses. According to dr. Fauci, you heard it, the results from the preliminary trial show that remdesivir improved Recovery Time for coronavirus patients solidly, 15 zais for the placebo, 11 days for the people on the drug, and that is important. There are still Big Questions tonight. Faufrpy admitting that the drug did not show a statistically significant benefit in whether patients actually died. News of a potential treatment though was enough for markets. The dow surging more than 530 points today. On that study result alone. And tonight, the fda is reportedly planning to okay the emergency use of remdesirvir that may
About another wave of infections. Well speak to another nurse helping new york tackle the pandemic. The u. S. Economy slumps. More americans are expected to file Unemployment Benefits. Great to have you along with us this hour. Here in the u. S. There is hope that an experimental drug can soon be used to treat coronavirus infectious. We know that early trial results show that remdesivir has helped patients recover from the virus much faster. It comes as he warns against lifting restrictions though too soon. However, thats what many states are doing. In fact, by the end of the week, 31 states will have partially reopened. Keep in mind though, this is key, the death toll is still rising in some of those areas. The president is keen on restarting the economy. I dont want people to get used to this because this virus is going to be gone and when its gone you want to get back to normal. Youre not going to have a stadium 30 the size of what it was. If i watch alabama versus lsu, i dont want